The relentless march of the tradition-and-God-hating jackboots

Not sure where this one took place, but some school has turned its Thanksgiving commemoration into "wear your favorite color day":

The creeping politicization of the holidays is now starting to poison Thanksgiving  . . ., and this year it affected my household when my daughter’s school cancelled the day set aside to celebrate Thanksgiving during the school’s spirit week. Parents balked at “Thanksgiving Thursday,” the only day of the week designated to something cultural as opposed to something silly like pajama day or wacky hair day, because it might have promoted “racism” and “discrimination.” First, the school apologized and barred children from in any way representing the Native American part of the Thanksgiving story. And then it capitulated altogether and replaced it with “wear your favorite color” day.

Faster than you can shout “Trigger Warning!” these school kids were robbed of the chance to learn about and celebrate one of America’s most cherished holidays. And they aren’t alone—a quick Google search yields endless stories of schools banning everything from Valentine’s Day to Christmas lest someone be offended by history and culture. Thanksgiving is the latest schoolyard victim.

Now I do know where this one occurred: the People's Republic of Bloomington, just a few miles over the hills from where I reside:

Mayor John Hamilton recently announced that are renaming two paid holidays for city workers -- in an effort to respect "differing cultures."

Columbus Day will henceforth be known as "Fall Holiday" and Good Friday will be known as "Spring Holiday." 

Mayor John Hamilton told Fox 59 the name change will “better reflect cultural sensitivity in the workplace.”

The local paper, the Herald Times, no bastion of rightie-ness, deserves props for standing up to at least the Good Friday half of this outrage:

"It was not necessary and just stands to divide rather than unite when it comes to Good Friday," the Herald Times wrote in a staff editorial.

The newspaper said a case could be made for changing Columbus Day.

"To some in our country the idea of celebrating him is akin to celebrating a marauding invader who sought to destroy a culture," they wrote.

But Good Friday?

"It’s a day important to the faith of many in this country," they wrote. "The idea of acting as if city leaders don’t acknowledge its existence and would rather stick a “Spring Holiday” name on it is insensitive to those for whom it means a lot. It’s an unnecessary poke in the eye to many Christians."

To reiterate what I said in another recent cultural-rot post, we could rev the economy up to 10 percent GDP growth and, without eradicating this poison, it would be meaningless.